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J. B. BERRY.

MANUFACTURE OF FABRICS POR HATS, &c.

No. 339,521. 16,5% 2,Pate-ntedApr. 6, 1886.

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JULIA. BET'INER BERRY, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

MANUFACTURE OF FABRIC FOR HATS, aC.

.EPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 339,521, dated April 6, 1886.

Application filed March 12, 1886. Serial No. 194,930. (Model.)

To all whom, it my concern:

Be it known that I, JULIA Brr/Munn BERRY, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of New York, .in the State of New York, have invented a new Fabric, and as a new Article of Manufacture a Ladys IIat made therefrom, of which the following description is sut icient in law.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a ladys hat; Fig. 2, a sheet of tissue-paper divided off into squares; Fig. 3, a square of tissuepaper; Fig. 4, a tube and rod for making tissue-paper forms, and Fig. 5 a tissuepaper form for making fabric.

My invention consists oi' afabric the base or under side of which is cloth, lace, or gauze, covered with a coating of glue-paste, upon which is set close together forms of tissue-paper that afterward are evenly trimmed to give the fabric a uniform appearance.

My invention also consists in a new article of manuiacture, or a ladyis hat made from tissue'paper fabric.

To make the tissue-paper forms, the paper is first cut into little squares about one inch in size. These squares are then laid over a tube about twoincheslong, and p rcssed th rough the tube by a red, which neatly ts the tube. The paper comes out of the tube in the shape of forms, or cups, or caps, which, by means of the rod, are pressed upon the paste-covered cloth with the cut edges upward. As soon as the cloth is covered the edges of the forms are neatly trimmed with a pair oi' shears, so

as to give the fabric a uniform appearance.

In making a hat the hat-body is first covered with tissue-paper of the color selected for the hat. Then after the glue-paste has been applied the tissue forms are closely set together, to make the entire outer covering of the hat. Vhen the edges ofthe forms have been trimmed and the hat bound, it is .ready for the milliner. Instead of tissue-paper, gold and silver paper or any suitable thin paper or crapc may be used with equal utility and unique eect.

This new 'fabric may be made of any color or shade of paper. Di'ferent designs, as a star or crescent, or flowers of a harmonizing color :may be incorporated into the fabric. Even a strip or band of another color, made of tissue forms can be employed with beautiful effect.

This new fabric may be used for other purposes than for the manufacture of ladies hats as costumes for faneydress balls, pictureframes, and decorations.

l. A fabric made of cloth, lace, or gauze, coated with glue-paste, and then covered with tissue-paper forms, constructed in the manner described. 'l

2. As an article ol' nianuliicture, a ladys hat made of a fabric of which the outer covering is tissue-paper forms, constructed as described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal at the city of Vashington, in presence of two attesting witnesses, on this the 11th day of March, A. D. 1886.

J ULlA BETTNER BERRY. [L s] XVitnesses:

ADELAIDE A. J ONES, FRANK Y. ANDERSON. 

